Change-maker.



No. 632,|38. Patented Aug. 29, |899. P. P. MGMENAMIN.

CHANGE MAKER.

(Application led Nov, 18, 1898.)

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No. 632,|3a. Patented-Aug, 29, |999. P. P. MGMENAMIN.

CHANGE MAKER.

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SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,138, dated August29, 1899.

Application filed November 18, 1898. Serial No. 696,805. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER P. MCMENAMIN, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and ImprovedChange-Maker, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedchange-maker arranged to enable cashiers, bartenders, and other personsto make cash change quickly and correctly and to prevent so far aspossible mak.- ing mistakes when paying out moneyor changing bills orcoins of higher denomination.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will he fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isafront elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a transversesection of the same on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a sectionalfront elevation of the same. Fig. llis a sectional plan view of the sameon the line 4 4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the device foractuating a number of coin-slides at a time, and Fig. 6 is a plan viewof one of the coin-slides.

The improved change-maker is provided with a suitably-constructed casingA, in the lower portion of which are arranged drawers B B B2, of whichthe drawer B serves to contain coin, and the other drawers may-be usedfor storing checks or the like. A are also arranged thevertically-disposed cells C C' C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8, one alongside theother and adapted to receive stacks of coin of different denominations.For instance, as shown in the drawings, the machine Ais designed for usein amounts of change for one dollar or under; but larger amounts-say upto two dollars-can be conveniently drawn froml the machine, as the saidcells are arranged to contain iifty-cent pieces in the cell C,twerity-iive-cent pieces in the cell C', tencent pieces in the two cellsO2 C3, five-cent pieces in the cell Chaud penniesin the cells C5 CG C7CS. The stacks of coin in the diierent cells can be readily viewed fromthe outside In thecasing through a glass panel A in the front upperportion of the casing A, so that the user can readily refill any one ofthe cells with the proper coin through the hinged top A2 of the casingor by way of the glass panels at the front.

In the bottom of each cell Cis arranged a slide D, movable transverselyover a support E, forming part'of the casing A. Each slide D is providedin its forward portion with au opening D' vfor receiving the bottom coinin the stack, said slide being somewhat less in thickness than thethickness of the coin in the corresponding stack. It is necessary thatthe slide shall take slightly-worn coin as well as full-weight coin. Therear portion D2 of the 'slide is solid, so that when the. slide movesforward the solid portion moves vunder the next coin at the bottom ofthev stack while the lowermost coin moves forward with the slide, as itis contained in t-he opening D and rests on the support E. u

The extreme rear end of the slide D is provvided with adownwardly-extending arm D3,

connected witha spring D4, attached to the back of the casing, so thatthe slide D is always held normally in an innermost positionythat is,with its opening D in the cell, so as to receive the bottom coin of thestack. The forward end of the slide extends out at the front of thecasing and is `provided at this end 4with a knob D5, projecting. into aslot F',

formed in a key F, mounted to slide transversely on a hopper G,supported on the front of the casing. The front end of each key F isprovided with a knob or finger-piece F2, adapted to be taken hold of bythe operator for pulling the slideD outward against the tension of thespring D4 to move the lowermost coin contained inthe opening D fromunder the stack and deliver said coin to the hopper G, in whichthe coindrops and slides down to a discharge-spout G, from which the coin-passesinto the hand of the operator or into a receptacle held below saiddischargespout.

The knobs or linger-pieces lF.2 are markedy with numerals indicating thedenomination of the coin in the corresponding stack. Thus, for instance,as shown in Fig..1,.the key'atthe left is marked 50, as the slide Diorthis IOC) key operates in the bottom of the cell C, containing ifty-centpieces. The next key is marked 25, as twenty-ive-cent pieces are in theadjacent cell C', and the next two keys are marked 10, as the cells C3C3 contain ten-cent pieces. The following cell contains five-centpieces, and the key is marked with the numeral 5. The following fourkeys are marked with the numeral l, indicating that the cells C5 C5 C7CS contain pennies.

In order to move a series of slides D simultaneously for making adesired amount of change, I provide the following arrangement, it beingunderstood that the slides are adapted to move independently of the keysF, owing to the button connection D5 in the slots F' in said keys F.Above the keys F is arranged a second set of keys H, having knobs orf`1nger-pieces H,marked with the numerals 90, 6 80,37 70,77 i( G077740,77 CC 30,77 (2777 (C 3777 4, as is plainly indicated in Fig. l. Eachkey H is iitted to slide in suitable bearings arranged in the casing Abetween adjacent cells, and the rear end of each key is pivotallyconnected by a link I with an arm J, secured to a shaft K, extendinglongitudinally in the rear portion of the casing and mounted to turn insuitable bearings in the sides of the casing. (See Fig. 3.)

The shafts K are located one above the other, and each is provided witha number of downwardly-extending arms L, arranged in series to engagethe rear ends of the slides D, each arm being pressed on by a spring Nto normally hold the said arm in the position shown in Fig. Z-that is,with the slide D in a rearmost position. The,springs N, by holding thearms L in this position, also hold-the shafts K, the links I, and thekeys H in a like normal position, as shown in Fig. 2.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the first key H having thenumeral 90 is connected with a shaft K having four arms L, as is plainlyshown in Fig. 5, which arms extend against the slides D in the cells C,C', C2, and C4, so that when the key I-I having the numeral 90 is pulledout by the operator a swinging motion is given by its link I and arm Jto the lowermost shaft K, and consequently the four arms L mentioned andshown in Fig. 5 swing forward simultaneously and push the four slides inthe cells C C' C2 CAl outward to move the corresponding coins from thecells into the hopper G. The four coins thus passed into the hopper area fifty-cent piece, a twenty-fve-cent piece, a ten-cent piece, and a iive-cent piece, aggregating ninety cents, the amount indicated by the keyH marked 90 and pulled by the operator. In

a likev manner the key H marked 3, for instance, has three arms engagingthe rear ends of the three slides in the cells C5 C6 C7, so that whenthis key I-I having the numeral 3 is pulled outward by the operator thethree penny-slides are actuated simultaneously and three pennies aredelivered'to the hopper G and slide down the same to the discharge-spoutG into the hand of the operator or into a receptacle held below thespout. As soon as the operator releases one of the keys H the springs N,connected with the arms L, and the spring J', connected with thecorresponding arm J, pull the several partsv back to their former normalposition, and at the same time the slides D move back to their previousplace by the action of the springs D4, connected with said slides. Nowif change is required, say, for instance, for iifty-tive cents, theoperator pulls the keys F marked 50-5, so that a ii'fty cent piece and anickel pass into the hopper G and are delivered to the operators hand orto a receptacle under the spout G. If twelve cents change, for instance,is desired, the operatorpulls one of the keys F marked l0 and the key Hmarked 2, so that onetten-cent piece and two pennies pass into thehopper G. If change for more than a dollar is wanted-say, for instance,for one dollarand seventy-two centsthe operator presses the three keysIl marked 90-S0-2 and receives two fifty-cent pieces, two twenty -vecentpieces, one ten cent piece, two live-cent pieces and two pennies, makingthe total of one dollar and seventytwo cents.

It is understood that on pulling the key Il marked 90 a fifty-centpiece, a twentyfive-cent piece, a ten-cent piece, and a fivecent pieceare obtained, as previously eX- plained with reference to Fig. 1, and onpulling the key I-I marked 8O a fifty-cent piece, a twenty-flve-centpiece and a {ive-cent piece are obtained, as indicated by the arms L onthe second shaft K, (see Fig. 3,) and on pulling the key H marked 2 twopenny-slides are actuated for delivering two pennies.

It is expressly understood that the slides D may be actuated from eitherset of keysF or H, so that the operator is enabled to make change fromthe lower keys only, if desired, or from the upper keys only, or fromboth sets of keys, as may be most convenient for the operator.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A change-maker, provided with cells forcontaining stacks of coins, a single slide under each cell for movingthe bottom coin from under the stack, each slide being manually operatedand arranged to be moved independent of the other slides, and means formechanically operating a series of the said slides at a time,substantially as shown and described.

2. A change-maker, provided with cells for containing stacks of coins, aslide under each cell and independently operated,a set of keys, one foreach slide, and a second set of keys for manually operating a series ofsaid slides at a time and independently of the first set ofkeys,substantially as shown and described.

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3. A chan ge-maker, provided With cells for containing stacks of coins,a spring-pressed slide under each cell and provided at its forward endWith a button, and a key for each slide having a longitudinal slot forengagement with the button on the slide to permit of moving the slide bythe key, and means for engaging the rear end of the slide to move theslide independently of the key, substantially as shown and described.

4. A change-maker provided with cells for containing stacks of coins, aslide under each cell having a downwardly-extending arm at its rear end,a spring connected with said arm to hold the slide normally in theinnermost position, the said slide being provided with anupwardly-extending button, and a longitudinally-sliding key for eachslide having a longitudinal slot for engagement with the button on thesaid slide, to permit of moving the slide by the said key and moving theslide independently of the said key, substantiallyas shown anddescribed.

5. A change-maker, provided with cells for containing stacks of coins, aspring-pressed slide under each cell, a key for each slide and having aslot for engagement by a button on the slide, to permit of moving theslide by the key, or moving the slide independent of the key, a secondset of keys, and mechanism intermediate of said second set of keys andsaid slides, for manually operating a series of slides at a timeindependent of the first set of keys, substantially as shown anddescribed.

G. A change-maker, provided with cells for containing stacks of coins, aspring-pressed slide under each cell, a key for each slide and having aslot for engagement by a button on the slide, to permit of moving theslide by the key, or moving the slide independent of the key, a secondset of keys, and mechanism intermediate of said second set of keys andsaid slides, for manually operating a series of slides at a timeindependent of the first set of keys, said mechanism comprising shaftsmounted to turn, a connection between the shafts and the second set ofkeys, and springpressed arms carried by the shafts and loosely engagingthe said slides, substantially as shown and described.

7 A chan ge-maker,comprising cells for containing stacks of coins, aslide underl each cell and independently operated,a set of keys one foreach slide, a second set of keys, and mechanism intermediate of saidsecond set of keys and said slides, for manually operating a series ofsaid slides at a time and independent of the irst set of keys,substantially as shown and described.

PETER P. MCMENAMIN.

/Vitnesses:

D. B. MCMENAMIN, JAMES ADAMS.

